Lightning strike injures hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK -- A 65-year-old woman was struck by lightning near the Ute Crossing trailhead at about 12:39 p.m. Thursday, according to a park spokeswoman.

The woman was 100 yards from the trailhead, about one mile above Rainbow Curve. Park rangers and Estes Park paramedics evacuated the woman to an ambulance, and she was taken to the Estes Park Medical Center, park spokeswoman Karen Brna.

Thursday afternoon's storms also caused a rock and mud slide on the Fern Lake trail, about one mile from the trailhead. No injuries were reported, but the trail is closed until further notice.